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State of the South Loop
Saturday, November 17th
Call for business sponsors -
The Greater South Loop Association will be holding it's 4th Annual State of the South Loop meeting at 'The Venue' at the Daystar Center on Saturday, November 17th. Alderman from the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Wards have been invited to speak as well as Representative Ken Dunkin, 5th District. Bob Mariano, CEO of Roundy's Supermarkets will also be sharing with us his plans for the new Mariano's Fresh Market on 17th & Clark. As a new addition at this year's meeting, we would like to invite local businesses to set up a table in the auditorium. During the meet and greet and after the meeting, we will invite attendees to visit these tables to meet the local businesses and gather any information you care to share with them. It would provide a great opportunity to spread the word about your business. If you are already a GSLA South Loop'On business sponsor you can share your specials with the residents in person. GSLA Business Sponsors can participate free of charge. If you are not a member you can take this opportunity to join the GSLA and have a table at our November meeting. |
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3rd Annual Art Walk
Friday, October 19th, 6-9pm
Join us on our 3rd Annual Art Walk through the South Loop!
$5 to ride the Reggie's bus that will be circling the route, or walk and attend for free! Ask a board member at the gallery for your drink ticket.
Participating Locations (letters correspond to map but you do not need to visit them in order):
A - Elephant Room, 704 S. Wabash
B - Brasserie by LM, 800 S. Michigan Purchase a $8 Kir Royale and $2 will go to the Lynn Sage Foundation
C - Urban Remix, 1468 S. Michigan Offering 15% off all art during the event
D - Framing Mode & Gallery, 1526 S. Wabash
E - William H. Bigham Galleries, 1528 S. Wabash
F - M Lounge, 1520 S. Wabash $2 off any drink purchase when you present your drink ticket obtained from a gallery. Receive a $10 gift certificate to use on a future visit.
G - Overflow Coffee Bar, 1550 S. State Street
H - Prairie Avenue Gallery, 1900 S. Prairie
I - After party at Reggies, 2015 S. State Street
Check in at a gallery and let one of our board members know you are on the walk and they will give you a drink ticket worth $2 off a drink purchase at M Lounge. When you redeem your $2 drink ticket at M Lounge, you will receive a $10 gift certificate to use on a future visit!
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Halloween Events
Wiggles & Giggles Halloween Bash
Tuesday, October 30th | 6-8pm
Halloween Friendly Trail
Saturday, October 27th 11-2pm
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2nd Ward Clean & Green Day
Saturday, October 20th | 9am
South Loop loations: Café Society, 1801 S. Indiana and 2nd Ward Office, 1319 S. State
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Printer's Row Farmer's
Every Saturday
starting June 9th to October 27th from 7am to 1pm visit Printers Row Park at Dearborn and Polk.
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South Loop Calendar
We have more information on
local events listed on our website.
Post an event on our calendar!
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25th Annual Edgar Allen Poe Readings
Saturday, October 27 5-8pm
Location: 1827 S. Indiana Avenue, Clarke House Museum
$25 per person / $22 for museum members
Prepaid reservations required to 312.326.1480
Squirm in your seat as actors from Lifeline Theatre present staged readings of Poe's terrifying stories and poetry in the restored 1850s interior of Chicago's oldest house. A holiday favorite for more than a quarter century!
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4th Annual Greener Awards
Do you know a Green Hero, other than the Hulk?
The Alliance for a Greener South Loop has launched its 4th Annual Greener Awards program is launched, including a new category: the Green Hero Award!
This Green Hero will be a South Loop resident whose personal commitment to a green lifestyle makes an environmental impact, while their enthusiasm and green efforts engage and inspire others to make a difference as well.
Established Greener Awards will continue to celebrate and recognize efforts by South Loop businesses, residential buildings, and institutions to be more green.
Everyone is encouraged to apply for Greener recognition or to nominate a Green Hero! Click here to download the forms. Completed forms must be received by October 29, and winners will be announced at the 4th Annual Greener South Loop Awards event, November 29th at 6pm (location to be announced).
Don't let our South Loop green efforts go unnoticed! Submit your award nominations, and plan to join your neighbors on November 29th to recognize and celebrate South Loop greenness!
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Movers and Shapers
Thursday, October 25th, 2012
Movers and Shapers: Women of the Chicago Arts & Crafts Movement will present how the domestic movement in the early 1900s emancipated women socially by giving them work in many areas, including arts and crafts, often through institutions such as the Art Institute and Hull House.
Time: 6:00 PM reception / 7:00 PM lecture
Place: Second Presbyterian Church
1936 S. Michigan Avenue
Cost: Suggested donation of $5
Sponsored by Glessner House Museum & Friends of Historic Second Church
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Street Pole Banner SurveyRequest from Ald. Fioretti:
"My office, with the assistance of South Loop area community organizations, has been working with students from Columbia College Chicago to produce branding elements for the South Loop and Near South area, and we would like your guidance and feedback. Please take a few minutes to complete the following survey and feel free to pass it along to your friends and neighbors. We look forward to hearing your thoughts."
Click to take the survey and learn more about the project!
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Film Club at the Venue
Hosted by Steve Reginald, Classic Movie Man
Thursday, November 8, 7-9pm
Location: "The Venue 1550" at the Daystar Center, 1550 S. State St. Chicago
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His Girl Friday (1940)-Directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell His Girl Friday is an adaptation of the Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur classic Broadway smash, The Front Page. Grant plays Walter Burns, a Chicago newspaper managing editor and Russell is Hildy Johnson an ex-reporter for the same paper and Burns's ex-wife. On the eve of her marriage to a new man, Burns tries to convince Hildy to come back to the paper...and him. Considered one of the greatest classic screwball comedies of all time, His Girl Friday is filled with non-stop one liners and the fastest dialogue ever recorded on film! |
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The LEX
Grand Opening Party
 The LEX held a grand opening pool party last month and we thought you would enjoy seeing what a great building and community it has developed into! Read more and check out photos of the event here. |
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Greater South Loop Association
P.O. Box 4632
Chicago, Illinois 60680-4632
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About Us
We are a non-profit 501(c)(3) neighborhood organization comprised of an alliance of residents and businesses in the South Loop.
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1st District Community Policing
CAPS Meetings
Attend your beat meeting to receive policing updates and provide feedback to policing staff. Locate your beat by visiting the 1st district website.
Next meeting:
Tuesday, October 16th, 2012
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